Programmatic generation of PDF

I need to generate a PDF as report output and would prefer to print a vi front panel directly to PDF as opposed to using a template in (office, etc.). I need to control deployment cost and would prefer to avoid add-ons. Does anyone have experience with this?
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For the Simplicity AI LabView toolkit:
Key Features
• String Text to PDF
• Embedded Data Tables
• Headers and Footers
• Embedded Graphics
• Add Front Panel and Control Images
• Multiple Font Support
• 2 Example VIs Included
• Watermark Free
• VI documentation and Help File
For the PDF Report with iTextSharp", take a look at the page 8 of the User manual. The image of the front panel was added with "Append Front Panel Image.vi"
In both cases it is not a a template-like interface.
Jean-Marc
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